Upcoming Conferences
The 4th Annual Best Practices Exchange will take place in New York in 2009. More details will follow.
Past Conferences
Rising to Digital Challenges: Best Practices Exchange 2008
Great Northern Hotel, Helena, Montana
May 21-23, 2008
http://www.bpexchange.org/2008/
The Montana State Library, the Montana Historical Society Research Center, the State Law Library of Montana and the Montana Records and Information Management Division of the Secretary of State’s Office hosted the third annual Exchange May 21-23 in Helena. Attending were 83 information professionals from 25 states. 37 presentations were offered covering 5 tracks: Identification & Acquisition, Description, Discovery & Access, Collection Management & Preservation and Project Management. The keynote speaker was Roy Tennant, Senior Program Manager, OCLC. Other guests speakers included Sara Groves, MSL Marketing and Communications Coordinator, and Lucy Barber, National Historical Publications and Records Commission Direct for Technology Initiatives who spoke on marketing and grant writing. Attendee notes from the sessions are posted in the forum.
Best Practices Exchange 2007: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Era
Crowne Plaza San Marcos Hotel, Chandler, Arizona
May 2-4, 2007
http://www.bpexchange.org/2007/
The second annual conference was hosted by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records and held at the San Marcos Hotel in Chandler, Arizona. The Exchange was attended by approximately 100 librarians and archivists from 32 states. The two and a half day event included 56 presentations covering 6 subject tracks: Metadata and Discovery, Access, Preservation, Technology, Project Management and Outreach, and Emerging Issues. Brewster Kahle of Internet Archive and Commissioner Jeff Hatch-Miller of the Arizona Corporation Commission were on hand as guest speakers. Presentation materials that have been posted online can be found at http://www.bpexchange.org/2007/presentations_chron.htm and attendee notes from the sessions are posted in the forum.
Digital Preservation in State Government: Best Practices Exchange 2006
Hilton Wilmington Riverside, Wilmington, North Carolina
March 27-28, 2006
http://www.bpexchange.org/2006/
The State Library of North Carolina and the North Carolina State Archives hosted the first annual Best Practices Exchange in 2006 at the Hilton Hotel in charming Wilmington, North Carolina.